Top-level bid to end Ethiopia and Sudan border row
Members of the eight-member countries regional bloc (Igad) meet in Nairobi to thrash out issues on peace and security.
The heads of state and representatives from the eight-member countries of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) have held a regional summit in Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The rising tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia was top of the agenda.
Nigeria鈥檚 Information Minister Lai Mohammed has said that people are 鈥渓argely uninformed鈥� about the state of insecurity in Nigeria and blames 鈥渇ake news鈥�.
And Uganda鈥檚 health ministry has proposed a new law aimed in part at preventing the illicit trade in human organs.
Photo: Ethiopia President Abiy Ahmed (C) and others at the Igad summit in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Getty Images.
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